Edison starting to be available for pre-order

My normal supplier has just listed Edison as available for pre-order, with an estimated delivery date of August 2012.

Dr. Erskine’s Failure…

Here is the third token for the Red Skull…

Dr. Erskine’s Serum

“The serum was not ready, but more importantly the man was not ready.”

Now the Skull has his special object, and two tokens found in each pack, that leaves room for one very special token in each pack, so keep watching the blog for more.

Fan Submission: Tannhauser Open Battlefield

Today Ron brings us a somewhat unusual mod for Tannhauser. A sort of blending of DUST Tactics open battlefields, and Tannhauser’s individual combat.

To play, the first thing you’ll need to play (other than Tannhauser’s core game of course) is a new map, like this one…

Next, you’ll need a few minor rules conversions.

Rules: (Note: Movement rules are unchanged)

- Objective circles can be used for movement by all characters.

- Action circles can be used for movement by all characters.

- Smoke Grenades affect the circle that they are thrown on, plus all adjacent and secondary adjacent circles.

- Grenades affect the circle that they are thrown on, plus all adjacent circles.

- Range for weapons equals the number of dice you would throw for them (pistol = range 4, machinegun = range 5 and so on).

Finally, you’ll need to try it out and give Ron some feedback, so he can see where to go next.

Operation Night Eagle makes FFG’s Front Page

Dust Tactics Map Tiles in a Zip

I’ve gathered all my prototype DT map tiles into a Zip file, now I’ve included all the tiles I’ve made so far regardless of how well they turned out. That way you can just use the one’s you like. Everyone has different taste, and one tile may be like by some and not others.

DUST TILES Zip

One last request, if you take it upon yourself to modify or improve these tiles, please email a copy to the submission link on the right. I’ll post them here and of course you’ll receive credit, and your name will be added to the contributors list.

Below are the latest additions to tile set: a road, a bridge “ramp”, and a bridge. In the zip file you’ll also find a river bank tile. Now I know my bridge is much narrower than the “Victory Bridge” but I like the tactical possibilities of a narrow bridge. It could also double as a concrete dock.

Note, to get the right look, some tiles may need to be printed “flipped”. Also not all tiles may line up perfectly. Remember these are prototypes.

Take a look after the jump for a full “bridge” map example.

Fortress America Rules Posted

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Dr. Zola is hard a work…

The next token for the Red Skull…

ZP41 Pistol

Using the energy of the Tesseract Dr. Zola has created a weapon of immense power.

         

Enjoy…

Enter the Red Skull

As you know I’ve been having a bit of trouble moving forward with the Howling Commandos, So I’ve decided to move on to the Red Skull!

I’m again going with the new HeroClix Avengers film series figures,

For the character sheet I wanted to go with the traditional Reich style, but I thought it might be neat to replace the traditional green hue with a reddish tone.

I didn’t want to go “Epic” with the Skull because I want him to be able to have two Troopers in his squads. So, he’s more Zor’ka like, also I kept his Mental stats a little low, so his interplay with Hoss would be more interesting.

Finally here is a preview of his special object.

HYDRA

Cut off one head, and two more shall take its place!

Notes: This is a once per game ability, and does not require an action. The new Troopers will enter the game as Reinforcements on the next turn.

Well I hope you all enjoy.

Dust Tactics Beach Front Tiles and Example

Major Mishap, suggested that I try to make a beach shore, and here are some tile that I think work really well together. First is the beach, next we have calm seas, and last is beach to barren earth transition. After the jump below you can see how these tiles can be combined with the previous tiles I’ve posted.

It has been requested…

It has been requested that I try to make some DT tiles of sand dunes or beach, here is a first draft, let me know what you think.

Dust Tactics Desert Tiles

Today I have some desert theme tile for Dust Tactics. First is desert ground to concrete transition, second is plain desert ground (which uses a seamless texture). Next is the desert ground with some craters, and finally is the desert with some dried cracked mud. With these printed and mounted, and combined with the already available DT tiles there will be plenty of desert battlefields for you to create. I suggest you print three to four of each tile and mount them on 1/16 inch card board.

That is all.